How-To: Hanging Craft Project Drying Rack
Keep your drying projects out of harm’s way—and prevent them from sticking to themselves and eachother—with this handy hanging project drying rack tutorial!
Month: May 2013
Seventeen Sneaky Secret Compartments
Be inspired by these seventeen secret compartments and passageways. Pick one to build yourself or come up with your own clever hiding place.
Crocheted Daisy Afghan
I have a really huge yarn crafting crush on this gorgeous crocheted daisy afghan by Joleen Kraft.
Using the BeagleBone to Control a Powerful Upper Body Exoskeleton
My senior design team at the University of Pennsylvania has developed a powered upper body exoskeleton for use in physical therapy and assistive mobility applications. We’ve named the suit Titan after the powerful deities of incredible strength and stamina in Greek mythology. The exoskeleton runs off a master BeagleBone microcomputer running Ubuntu Linux and PyBBIO, an open-source Python library for BeagleBone control.
R&D Media Labs: Podcasts for Makers
Need help with a project? Former Make: Labs intern Matthew Dalton and Jacob Rogers, both from Instructables, have launched a great new podcast called R&D Media Labs, where they field project questions and offer answers. Matt writes: “The goal of the podcast is to assist people in brainstorming ideas for projects to be worked on, […]
Massive Public Installation from Salvaged Rope
A massive installation consisting of 1.4 million feet of rope has just opened to the public in New York City’s Madison Square Park. The installation is called Red, Yellow and Blue and was created by Orly Genger, who collected nautical rope from various locations and then painted and hand-knotted it to make some impressive sculptural forms that change the whole landscape of the park.
5, 4, 3, 2, 1 Things About Abe and Josie Connally
Abe and Josie Connally are full-time makers who have been homesteading for the past 12 years. They’ve built their homestead from the ground up by hand and are raising their two boys completely off-grid. The Connallys are true makers who research, learn, build, and then take pride and joy in sharing their knowledge with the […]
